Honesty in the Use of Words

About the Book

What makes great writing great writing is not spelling or grammar or syntax, but honesty. Not the careless honesty of our emotions, but the intellectual honesty that results from careful thoughts combined with a firm insistence that we write only true things. The honest writer always seeks to avoid deception, always believes writing the truth is more important than proving a point. Honesty in the Use of Words by Martin Naparsteck adds a new dimension to such classic writing advice as William Strunk and E.B. White’s The Elements of Style and George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language.”

About the Author

Martin Naparsteck is the author of two novels about the Vietnam War, War Song and A Hero’s Welcome, and a collection of short stories, Saying Things. His shorter work has appeared in North American Review, Mississippi Review, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, The Writer, and more than 100 other publications. He is the book reviewer for the Salt Lake Tribune. He lives in upstate New York.